My advantages that I know of are my ability to get a mortgage (W-2 income, credit, and debt ratio are all good), having enough cash and house equity to get a 25% down non-occupied loan on a SFH or duplex (in my market), willingness to sell and move to house hack a 3-4 unit, understanding the fundamentals and math of small residential REI, love of learning "systems", and being a complete badass at life in general ;)My disadvantages that I know of are that I don't have experience yet in buying/managing rentals, and I haven't met enough other investors to learn about a lot of deals early in the pipeline.What would you do in my situation?

Also completely web-based, I find it to be a much easier platform for someone with little/no bookkeeping or accounting knowledge. 

Have you ever heard the saying "oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive"? 

They don't want money, they want time with a mentor and want to meet business minded people with goals that fundamentally align.

@Gloria Sheridan,You are correct, ETC has lots of negative feedback not only here on BP but also on the web if you just google the name.

I have a rehab analysis spreadsheet uploaded in my file place which includes a Repair Estimator & Rehab Calculator to help you estimate repair costs and analyze the Max Purchase Price you should offer for a rehab.https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/drobertso...There are other good spreadsheets in the fileplace, or BP has their own web-based calculators.

That property has such great fundamentals already easily breaking even before you do the value add.

You will never factor out all risk and the web will only prepare you so much. 

Web sites that you use to gather information and understand trends etc.  

Do the smart thing and find a new job, don't invest the money until you have a better understanding of the fundamentals.